Style: Czech Amber Lager
All StylesStyle Profile based on 103 recipes
BU:GU
0.52
Hops
5.8 g/L
Mash pH
5.43
Description
Malt-driven amber Czech lager with hop character that can vary from low to quite significant. The malt flavors can vary quite a bit, leading to different interpretations ranging from drier, bready, and slightly biscuity to sweeter and somewhat caramelly. History: A Vienna-style lager which has continued to be brewed in the Czech Republic. A resurgence of small breweries opening in the Czech Republic has increased the number of examples of this style. Style Comparison: The style can be similar to a Vienna lager but with Saazer-type hop character, or that approaching an English bitter but significantly richer with more of a deep caramel character. Large brewery versions are generally similar to Czech Premium Pale Lager with slightly darker malt flavors and less hop, while smaller breweries often make versions with considerable hop character, malt complexity, or residual sweetness.
Examples: Bernard Jantarový ležák, Pivovar Vysoký Chlumec Démon, Primátor polotmavý 13°, Strakonický Dudák Klostermann polotmavý ležák 13°
- 78% Crystal (7%)
- 76% Pilsner (60%)
- 69% Toast (23%)
- 53% Pale (36%)
- 24% Roast (2%)
% of Czech Amber Lager recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 57% Saaz (CZ)
- 11% Magnum (GR)
- 7% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 5% Hallertau Taurus
- 4% Tettnanger
- 4% Perle (GR)
- 3% Amarillo
- 3% Citra
- 3% Herkules
% of Czech Amber Lager recipes using each hop
g/L · median with IQR range
dated Czech Amber Lager recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
- 11% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
- 11% Munich Malt
- 8% German - Melanoidin
- 8% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 8% Vienna Malt
- 7% German - Bohemian Pilsner
- 7% Weyermann - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner
- 6% Weyermann - Munich Type I
- 6% Melanoiden Malt
- 6% American - Pilsner
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 21% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 8% Czech Budejovice Lager Yeast (WLP802) White Labs
- 6% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 6% Czech Pilsner Lager (2278) Wyeast Labs
- 5% Bohemian Lager Yeast (M84) Mangrove Jack's
- 4% Saflager Swiss Lager Yeast S
- 4% Urkel (L28) Imperial Yeast
- 3% Bavarian Lager (M76) Mangrove Jack's
- 3% LalBrew Diamond Lager Lallemand
- 3% Pilsner Lager Yeast (WLP800) White Labs
% of Czech Amber Lager recipes using each strain
- 56% Single Infusion
- 44% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
16 recipes with mash data
- 64 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 60 ppm Cl⁻
- 56 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 55 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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